(TargetDailyNews.com) – Israel and Iran threatened each other on April 10th with Israel suggesting it would attack Iran if the Iranians attacked Israel in retaliation for a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1st. Iranians hold the Israelis responsible. Israel hasn’t claimed responsibility or denied its involvement.
Israel Katz is the foreign minister of the Zionist state, in a post to X in multiple languages he said that his country “will respond and attack in Iran” if Iran launched any direct attacks against Israel.
Earlier in the day, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that they would punish “the evil regime,” which is how they refer to Israel. Iran doesn’t recognize Israel as a legitimate nation.
The attack in Syria resulted in the deaths of 12 people in total, including Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was a high-ranking official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. He led the elite Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon through 2016. Six other Iranians, four Syrians, and one Lebanese man were killed as well.
Israel has performed numerous strikes on Iranian allies or proxy forces in Syria over the last few years, but this strike could signify an expansion of their willingness to target Iranian assets. Iran has called the attack on its consulate an attack on its territory and promised to respond in kind.
Israel is in a precarious position with the ongoing war in Gaza and attempts to achieve a ceasefire. It is also dealing with near-daily incursions with Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia in Lebanon along its northern border.
The cease-fire negotiations have yet to result in anything substantial. Hamas maintains the desire for a permanent end to the conflict while Israel wants to pause it. They recently advanced an agreement on prisoner exchanges which would also allow Palestinians to return to their homes in the northern parts of Gaza.
President Biden has been placing pressure on Israel to end the conflict quickly, as he’s been suffering politically during an election year.
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